Improvement in ironing-tables



dnted (teintes @anni utilise.

DANIEL W. MARSHALL, or rAwrUoKu'r, RHODE` isLAND.

Letters Patent No. 110,769,l dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONINGi-TABLES-V The Schedule referred to in these Letters. Patent and making part of the same. v

To all whom, it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, DANIEL W. MARSHALL, of

Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of ,Y Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful table; and I do hereby declare .that the following" specification, taken in vconnection with,the drawing furnished, and forming a part of the same, .is a clear, true, and exact description ot' the same, reference bev ing had to the drawing.

Fgurel represents one of my improved tables in perspective, in position for use. Figure 2 represents the same in longitudinal verticall section.v

liigure 3 representsthe table folded up.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts Ain the several figures.

yA is the base or platform on which the table is mounted; it is provided with casters or wheels, a, at Y one end, and handles b at the other.

. The legs c, resting upon the door, prevent any undue movement of'that end of the platform.

`B is the ironing-board on top of the table. It is mounted upon the platform. A by means ot' folding supports.' One end of-'the board projects clear and' free from the supports, in order that skirts, dresses, pillow-cases, and other similar articles may be drawn over it and be ironed on a'single thickness.

C and'Ga-re the main! supports. They are pivoted to the top of the base or platform A, and at the opposite end they are provided with slot-s, d andcl. Each of these slots, at the end furthest from the platform, is provided witha right-angled recess. The two, at their free ends, are connected .by a crossl bar, e.

D and D' are the auxiliary supports. They are pivoted at their lower ends to the main supports O O',S about midway longitudinally, and also to the un- 'der side of the top ofthe table. They are connected together by a brace-rod.

E and/E are vertical standards, `-pivo'ted to the platform A at their lower ends. They are connected lmidway of their height by a rod, jl This rod f engages-with the right-angled recesses. inthe slots d of the supports C.' In each of these standards,

near their upper ends, there is a recessed slot, g y.

F and F are rigid hooks, secured to the under side of the table near the end, which are arranged to engage with therecessed slots g inthe standards E.

It will .be observed thatv when pressure` is laid upon the yend of the table adjacent to the supports, that the standards E receive the weight. When-the pressure is lupon the opposite or free end of the table, the principal downward strain is borne by thesupports C and D, while the standards E become merely a means of connection between the platform and the table, united by the bearing of the hooks F engaging in the slots g.

XVhen it is desired to fold the table to put it away for future use, it is only necessary to raise the supports C Yand disengage the bar or rod f from the right-'angled recesses in the slots Z of the supports C. The free end of the table thenfalls and comes in contactwith the'plattbrm. The standards E are then 4folded inward, releasing the hooks F from the recessed slots g. The connecting-bar or' rod f traverses the slots l in the ,support C, which brings the table down parallel with 'the platform.

To remove it from place to place, the operator can raise one end by the handles and trundle it upon the wheels at the opposite end.

To sct'thetable up it is only necessary to raise the bar 'e and supports C, at the same time pulling the standards E into a vertical position, care being taken that the hooks F are in proper relation with' the reeessed slots g, and the cross-bar orrod'f with thel recessed slots d.

It will be observed that by my folding devices the table and the platform, although of about the same length, occupy the same relative position, whether in position for use or folded; and also that, although the top ofthe table has Yone free end, it is quite. impossible, by any ordinary usage, to tip up the table or throw itont of position. y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- The improved laundry-ltabte herein described, consisting essentially of the platform A and board B,

connected by pivoted supports E O andl), substantially as shown and described. Y DANIEL W.' MARSHALL.

Witnesses I. A, WILLIAMs, P. E. TILLINc-nAs'r. 

